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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group

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To: epicure who wrote (58318)11/22/2002 2:26:18 PM
From: Nadine Carroll  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
Since Al Queda has merely reformed elsewhere, what did we actually win? Wasn't it better when we knew where they were? I think it was better.

Nope, they hardly stayed confined to Afghanistan, just used it as a base. Having a country of your own is very convenient, even if it's Afghanistan.

We won the right to rebuild Afghanistan- a country that will no doubt blame us not only for the damage we did, but for all the other damage done before we got there. Maybe we can "win" the rights to rebuild Iraq too.

Yup, you got that straight. Look at it this way: Osama bin Laden is an alligator. The condition of Afghanistan and Iraq is part of the swamp. While killing the alligators, we must also work at draining the swamp.
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